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Graduate Seminars for 2012\/13<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

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FALL 2012<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Phil 5000F<\/strong>
\nGeraldine Finn
\nTopic: Reading Wittgenstein<\/a>
\nTime: Wednesdays, 11:30 \u2013 2:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This course will explore Wittgenstein\u2019s philosophy of language through a close reading of his Philosophical Investigation and other related material. The course will be run as a seminar with individual students assuming responsibility for introducing each of the weekly readings.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5350F<\/strong>
\nWendy Donner
\nTopic: John Stuart Mill<\/a>
\nTime: Tuesdays, 6:00 \u2013 9:00<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this seminar we will explore John Stuart Mill\u2019s moral and political philosophy, with emphasis on recent scholarship. We will begin by examining the elements of his utilitarian moral philosophy, including his theory of value and the structure of the Art of Life (Morality, Justice, Virtue and Aesthetics). We will then go on to consider other topics including liberty, democratic education, liberalism and democracy, liberal feminism and environmental philosophy. The goal throughout will be to examine Mill\u2019s major writings such as Utilitarianism, On Liberty, Representative Government and The Subjection of Women in the light of recent commentary and scholarship.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5600F<\/strong>
\nAndrew Brook
\nTopic: Kant’s Critique of Pure Reason<\/em><\/a>
\nTime: Thursdays, 2:30 \u2013 5:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We will do a close reading of all the major parts of Kant’s first Critique, with occasional glances at other works. The course will be centred on summaries of the passage to be discussed toward the end of each seminar followed by a student presentation at the beginning of the next seminar.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5600X<\/strong>
\nMelissa Frankel
\nTopic: Women and Early Modern Philosophy<\/a>
\nTime: Mondays, 11:30 \u2013 2:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this seminar we will reconsider the standard early modern canon in two different ways. First, we will examine feminist critiques of canonical figures in early modern philosophy, and also responses to those critiques. This may involve looking at some of the ways in which early modern philosophers might have presaged later feminist thought in their work. Second, we will consider whether the canon might be limited and limiting: we will look at some of the writings of early modern women philosophers to think about the ways in which their work might have contributed to significant philosophical debates in the period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5700F<\/strong>
\nFall Colloquium<\/a>
\nTime: Fridays, 3:00 \u2013 5:00
\nSchedule will be posted and circulated in early September.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5850F<\/strong>
\nProseminar
\nGordon Davis
\nTime: Tuesdays, 2:30 \u2013 5:30
\nMandatory seminar course for all first-year MA students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

WINTER 2013<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n

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Phil 5000W<\/strong>
\nVida Panitch
\nTopic: Justice and Health<\/a>
\nTime: Thursdays, 2:30 \u2013 5:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In this seminar we will explore the relationship between distributive justice and health care. What are the normative foundations of a public health care system, why does health care count as a public good, and what are the limits of our collective responsibility for health care? Does the entitlement to health care extend internationally, and if so, what implications does this carry for the relevant duty-bearers and for the scope of our existing public health care institutions? To address these questions we will examine the work of Rawls, Daniels, Dworkin, Segall, Walzer, Beitz, Arras, and Pogge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5200W<\/strong>
\nHeidi Maibom
\nTopic: Empathy<\/a>
\nTime: Wednesdays, 2:30 \u2013 5:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We shall explore empathy and related emotions and attitudes, such as sympathy, emotional contagion, and are. What sort of emotion is empathy, how is it related to other emotions such as sympathy, and what does the emotional reaction to for us? How is it related to altruism, violence inhibition, ethics of care, and and ethics more generally. Furthermore, how is the emotion related to the cognitive capacity to see things from others’ perspective.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5250W<\/strong>
\nGabriele Contessa
\nTopic: Fiction and Fictionalism<\/a>
\nTime: Thursdays, 11:30 \u2013 2:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Virtually all human cultures produce and consume fiction in one form or another (myths, stories, novels, and plays being just a few examples). In this seminar we will examine two related issues. The first is how to account for fictional discourse in general and for apparent reference to fictional characters in particular. The second is to explore the viability of fictionalist accounts of forms of discourse that are not prima facie fictional, such as mathematical or moral discourses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5250X<\/strong>
\nDavid Matheson
\nTopic: Meaning in Life
\nTime: Mondays, 2:30 \u2013 5:30<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This seminar will be devoted to an important issue in axiology, viz. meaning in life. We will explore both the general nature of life-meaning, and its relationship to other (e.g. ethical and prudential) values. After a preliminary look at some well-known past work on topic (e.g. by Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Tolstoy, Camus, Schlick, Taylor, and Nagel) to help set the stage, we will turn our attention to a detailed examination of Susan Wolf\u2019s recent Tanner Lectures, _Meaning in Life and Why it Matters_ (Princeton University Press, 2010).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5750W<\/strong>
\nWinter Colloquium
\nTime: Fridays, 3:00 \u2013 5:00
\nSchedule will be posted and circulated in early January.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Phil 5900W<\/strong>
\nResearch Seminar<\/a>
\nJay Drydyk
\nTime: Tuesdays, 2:30 \u2013 5:30
\nMandatory seminar course for all first-year MA students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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